Some opinions on the breeds I have: Easter eggers are great! Mine are some of the friendliest of the flock, they come in a variety of colors plus you get colorful eggs (who doesn't like that? ) . Dominiques are one of my favs since they're one of if not the oldest breed in America and are very calm and friendly. I have one that follows me around the coop! Silver and golden-laced wyandottes I think are some of the most beautiful birds there are, are friendly and very cold-hardy. Delawares are very calm and docile and another friendly breed. I have two and they always come running up to me to see what I'm up to! I have a RIR rooster in the henhouse and he is wonderful with the two full grown hens we have. He's always looking out for them and calls them over for food whenever I bring them kitchen scraps. I pick him up without ever a struggle and I think he even enjoys me petting and fussing over him!

I hope I haven't thrown too much at you. I guess my advice would be to think about what you truly want in raising chickens and in a chicken breed. We wanted to mostly raise a variety of good old fashioned American breeds that layed colorful eggs. We wanted to get some that had the potential to have a calm, friendly temperment so our girls (and in the future our son) could handle and have as pets. Good luck with whichever breed(s) you research and choose!